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I am a registered counsellor/psychotherapist specialising in the treatment of emotional distress, anxiety, relational difficulties and grief. 

I am a trauma informed practitioner and this as well as the various modalities I am trained in allows me to formulate the most appropriate assistance enabling an individual to recognise coping strategies that may no longer serve you and help find a new valued way of living.

I employ a holistic, relational approach,  integrating Psychodynamic and Humanistic therapy and Cognitive behavioural therapy.(CBT)

I have worked with adults and young people in NHS/GP surgeries, and also in a university counselling setting and in Private Practice for over 20 years.

I  have been a tutor on a counselling degree programme and on counselling certificate training courses. I also offer clinical supervision for counsellors.

I am registered as a Counsellor/ Psychotherapist  with major health insurers.

I usually see people for either short term therapy or for open-ended counselling .

Counselling sessions last for 50 minutes and are usually at the same time and day every week. 

The first session is usually 60 minutes long as we need to explore together what has brought you to counselling now and to gather important information about your past and present . This then will help me formulate with you how we could work together.

I am a an Integrative therapist and supervisor and I supervise qualified counsellors and therapists and also trainees.

My fundamental belief is that the relationship is crucial both in supervision and client work and I draw on Integrative theory and the Seven Eyed Model CSTD supervisory model to inform the way I work in supervision . 

My aim is to offer support for your work and to provide the space for you to feel able to bring your self and your client work in an ethical ,growthful way.

I work as a supervisor in private practice and for organisations and training programmes .

We would usually meet fortnightly for a 50 minute session either face to face or online.

In the initial session we will look at your hopes for supervision and past experiences of supervision and  explore the nature of your  current client work before we decide to contract to work together. 

It is really important that we explore how we might work together and your expectations.